urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-fe346041-0182-4c1a-9410-6d52303942a7OpenCL LoungeOpenCL - The open standard for parallel programming of heterogeneous systems
OpenCL™ is the first open, royalty-free standard for
cross-platform, parallel programming of modern processors found in
personal computers, servers and handheld/embedded03032011-10-27T09:57:57-04:00IBM Connections - Blogsurn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-0ba5c0da-4cbd-418b-976e-ddfb1b4cc049IBM releases OpenCL Common Runtime for Linux on x86 Architecturegbello060000VPY0activefalse80367538-d04a-47cb-9463-428643140bf1Comment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2011-04-26T10:17:45-04:002011-04-26T10:19:02-04:00<b><br /></b><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">OpenCL™ Common Runtime for Linux® on x86 architecture is an OpenCL layered product that improves the OpenCL programming experience by alleviating the programmer from the burden of managing multiple OpenCL platforms and duplicated resources. It is a dynamic shared library that resides between an OpenCL application and one or more OpenCL implementations, such as those developed by AMD® and NVIDIA® . </span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Common Runtime supports all of the OpenCL v1.1 APIs in a single OpenCL platform consisting of all devices provided by the underlying implementations. This technology provides an integrated environment that can improve application portability as well as simplifying multi-device programming. The Common Runtime has been tested on the IBM System x® iDataPlex™ dx360 M3 with at least one NVIDIA® Tesla™ M2050 running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5. In addition, OpenCL v1.1 implementations from AMD and NVIDIA were used in conjunction with the OpenCL Common Runtime. These implementations can be found at the individual vendor websites.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">For more information and to download this software, please go to </span><a href="http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/ocr" style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/ocr</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">. Additional information and discussion on all OpenCL projects can be found in the OpenCL Lounge developerWorks group.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><i><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">* Trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">OpenCL and the OpenCL logo are trademarks of Apple Inc. used by permission by Khronos</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or both.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><br /></span></p></i><font color="#000000" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span></font>
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OpenCL™ Common Runtime for Linux® on x86 architecture is an OpenCL layered product that improves the OpenCL programming experience by alleviating the programmer from the burden of managing multiple OpenCL platforms and duplicated resources. It is a dynamic...105268urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-fe346041-0182-4c1a-9410-6d52303942a7OpenCL Lounge2011-10-27T09:57:57-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-e771b2a1-25d1-4463-9298-5f2c127635a2IBM releases OpenCL Development Kit for Linux on Power v0.3 - OpenCL 1.1 conformant release availablegbello060000VPY0activefalse80367538-d04a-47cb-9463-428643140bf1Comment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2011-03-31T12:09:48-04:002011-03-31T12:09:48-04:00 <br />OpenCL™ Development Kit for Linux on Power v0.3 has been released
on March 31, 2011 and is available via alphaWorks. This updated
offering is a fully conformant implementation of the OpenCL 1.1
specification. Other features of this release include a fully
conformant implementation of the double precision extension, 32- and
64-bit atomic extensions, 64-bit application support, debugging
improvements, as well as various performance improvements including full
IBM POWER7* exploitation. This implementation is for the following
IBM Power Systems* servers running the Linux operating system:<br /><br /><ul><li>IBM POWER7 systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1. </li><li>IBM POWER6* systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, 5.6, or 6.0</li><li>IBM BladeCenter* QS22 system running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 or 5.6</li></ul><br />OpenCL
(Open Computing Language) is the first open, royalty-free standard for
cross-platform, parallel programming of modern processors found in
personal computers, servers and handheld/embedded devices. The OpenCL
specification is an open standard managed by the Khronos Group
consortium, which manages other open industry standards such as OpenGL
for graphics. <br /><br />OpenCL supports a wide range of applications,
from embedded and consumer software to high performance computing
solutions, through a low-level, high performance, portable abstraction.
By creating an efficient, close-to-the-metal programming interface,
OpenCL can form the foundation layer of a parallel computing ecosystem
of platform independent tools, middleware and applications. It may also
greatly improve speed and responsiveness for a wide spectrum of
applications in numerous market categories from gaming and entertainment
to scientific and medical software. <br /><br />With this release, there
are fully conformant OpenCL 1.1 implementations available covering many
of IBM's High Performance Computing offerings; IBM Power Systems, IBM
System x, and the IBM BladeCenter QS22. These span a diverse set of
processor architectures including IBM POWER*, IBM X-Architecture*, Cell
Broadband Engine and Graphics Processing Units (GPUs).<br /><br />For more information and to download this software, please go to <a href="http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/opencl">http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/opencl</a>. Additional information and discussion on all OpenCL projects can be found in the OpenCL Lounge developerWorks group. <br /><br /><br /><br /><i><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">
*OpenCL and the OpenCL logo are trademarks of Apple Inc. used by permission by
Khronos<br />
Linux is a trademark of <span class="SpellE">Linus</span> <span class="SpellE">Torvalds</span>
in the United States, other countries, or both.<br />
Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of
others.</span></p></i><font color="#000000" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span></font> OpenCL™ Development Kit for Linux on Power v0.3 has been released
on March 31, 2011 and is available via alphaWorks. This updated
offering is a fully conformant implementation of the OpenCL 1.1
specification. Other features of this release include a...004747urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-fe346041-0182-4c1a-9410-6d52303942a7OpenCL Lounge2011-10-27T09:57:57-04:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-6f89f2fc-b31f-435d-8871-32f794b2f0e2Welcome to the OpenCL Lounge!gbello060000VPY0activefalse80367538-d04a-47cb-9463-428643140bf1Comment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2011-03-28T10:39:43-04:002011-03-28T10:39:43-04:00 <b><font color="#228b22">Welcome to the OpenCL(TM) Lounge.</font><br /></b><hr size="2" width="100%" /><br />The OpenCL Lounge has been introduced to announce new IBM OpenCL technologies as well as to promote discussion of these technologies. Lounge members are encouraged to post issues and questions. As well, suggestions and feature requests are welcomed. Refer to the product box on the overview page for a link to the appropriate message board.<br /><br />Members should check back regularly and/or add &quot;opencl&quot; to their watch list to receive the latest updates and news.<br /><br />
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